harry potter and the unstoppable force

picked up a stack of last year's New Excalibur (which is just really X-Men UK) written by the legendary Chris Claremont (who's now a shadow of his former self, really). coming off the House of M storyline where a lot of mutants lost their mojo, the irascible Peter Wisdom tries to rebuild the team he once had (back when he was still banging Kitty Pryde, a.k.a. Shadowcat). anyway, their first adventure has them going up against a dark version of the original X-Men team. and among the new Excalibur members is the reformed Juggernaut, half-brother to X-founder Charles Xavier.

mostly the stories were just okay; Claremont at his best, matched the verbosity with exciting action and intrigue. i don't get that here (or maybe i just miss Alan Davis). he never was the same after returning to the Marvel fold. its probably why he gets bounced around the X-universe, not really writing the real team anymore (or maybe he refuses to, so why does he still hang around?). the best X-writing right now for my money, is Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men. yes, that Joss Whedon.

my point is, Claremont has to resort to gimmicks like the one below, to get my attention and merit a post on this blog.

Juggernaut running around Platform 9 3/4

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New Excalibur #3